Chandranath Basak

Researching rare earth elements | UDaily UD part of large, multi-institutional expedition to the Labrador Sea to study sources and sinks of REEs

UDaily article covering our recent Labrador Sea cruise. #SEALS2025

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Goodbye! It is now time to say goodbye!! We have been transiting for the last couple of days and just reached Reykjavík , Iceland. Next, we will take all our science gear off the boat (a process called...

We just reached Reykjavík, Iceland. Next, we will take all our science gear off the boat, thereby concluding the expedition. We appreciate the support thus far, and we hope that people will continue to support science moving forward.
#oceans @udelaware.bsky.social
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Mud, here we come! What is a gravity core and why do we use them?   We love mud!  Seafloor mud stores vast amounts of information about the present and the past and it’s the whole reason we are on this voyage.  We...

The gravity corer uses gravity to plunge a long PVC tube (10 ft) into the seafloor to recover sediments that were buried long ago. Read new blog post by Kira Sirois.

#SEALS2025 #oceans #sediment #REE #geochemistry

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Land Ho! When I have gone to sea in the past, we have always been far enough offshore that we never see land until arriving back at port. On these trips, you get used to the more subtle array of views the...

On #SEALS2025 expedition, we got close to the coast twice in the mouth of fjords off the coast of southwest Greenland. Read blog post by Dr. Sophie Hines (@whoi.edu).
#oceans #REE #neodymium #iron #benthicflux #LabradorSea
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Sampling the Deep Seafloor One of the most exciting aspects of our work at sea is that when we bring up small sections of the seafloor onto the ship, we are able to see small areas of the planet that no one has ever seen...

Collecting and transporting small, circular patches of #seafloor up from thousands of feet to the surface takes specialized equipment. New blog post by Dr. Tony Rathburn.

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Small World Picking forams on a rolling ship One of the most delicate parts of our job at sea happens at the microscope—something that sounds routine, until the ocean decides otherwise. Out here, we’ve been...

The #microscope reveals a whole hidden landscape of life clinging to fragments of the seafloor. Read our latest blog post by Dr. Ashley Burkett. #forams #oceans

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Stranger Things Lately, it has been super busy as we had back-to-back stations with lots of science operations running round the clock. Now that we have wrapped up our operations in the Labrador shelf and have also.....

Now that we have wrapped up our operations in the #Labrador shelf and have also completed our station in the center of the Labrador Sea, our next series of stations will be close to #Greenland and inside some of the Greenland Fjords. #oceans @udelaware.bsky.social

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Glimpses from the cruise! Chandranath Basak

🌊Greetings from the Labrador Sea! 🌊
A picture is worth a thousand words. In lieu of a blog post of thousands of words, here is our latest photo gallery with some candid shots. @udelaware.bsky.social
#oceans #REE
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Ship-to-Shore We have been transiting for last several days and we are about to reach our next station . Things are going to be busy real fast . We encountered a little choppy weather here and there, so at times...

On #SEALS2025 expedition, we have been talking to a lot of students from a range of classrooms in the USA and Switzerland. So far we have connected with 1000s of students - elementary, middle-school and high-school!!
Read more: www.seals2025.com/follow-the-s...
#oceans @udelaware.bsky.social

Station 1 As I write this blog, we are leaving Station 1. Most of us have had a few hours of sleep in the last 24 hours but we know we are ready for what is coming. Station 1 was intense and full of surprises.....

Station 1 was intense and full of surprises and taught us how we should run our operations. 🌊 Read our latest blog post: www.seals2025.com/follow-the-s...
#geochemistry #REE #benthicflux #neodymium #iron #Oceans #particulates @udelaware.bsky.social

A group of scientists standing on a ship deck with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.

Happy World Oceans Day from R/V Roger Revelle!! 🌊
#SEALS2025 Follow our expedition at seals2025.com. 🌊
@udelaware.bsky.social #geochemistry #benthicflux #neodymium #iron #particulates #rareearthelements #REE

Off we go... Since our last post, a lot has happened. Most of the science party has reported to the ship, and we’ve been moving all the science gear (which we worked so hard to clean, pack, and ship) onto the...

So long!! Also, new blog post just dropped: www.seals2025.com/follow-the-s...

5 young women standing behind a barely visible shopping cart at a supermarket and posing with their purchase items.

Mandatory supermarket run before cruise.
#SEALS2025 #research

The website for our research cruise to the Labrador Sea is now live!! Come for the adventure, stay for the science!!
@udelaware.bsky.social
#geochemistry #benthicflux #neodymium #iron #particulates #rareearthelements #REE seals2025.com

Two people smiling at the camera.

Meeting after ~14 years! #AGU24

5 people are standing in front of a large Christmas tree inside a conference center.

Members of Basak Lab of Ocean Geochemistry (BLOG) at #AGU24.

More from #AGU24 day 1.

It’s been a good (and very busy) first day at #AGU24. #BLOG @kapuge9paleo.bsky.social @lenajebasinski.bsky.social @agu.org

3 people smiling and posing with a sign that says “What’s next for science”.

4 people smiling while showing off their conference badges.

#BLOG members kicking of #AGU24 in style!! Check out the schedule for some cool science from our research group! @agu.org

Cool summer | UDaily UD doctoral student spends summer on research vessel in the Arctic Ocean

I’m so glad #BLOG PhD candidate Isuri Kapuge got to experience Joides Resolution (fondly known as The JR) as the program comes to an end with this expedition. #ocean #sediment #PhD #research

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